Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Great War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Sgt. John Brooks MM.

British Army 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers

from:Carlow Town, Ireland

(d.4th Sep 1918)

My great-great-grand uncle, Sergeant John Brooks, of Carlow Town, served in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st Battalion, in World War I. He died on September 4 1918, during The Capture of Ploegsteert and Hill 63, and is buried at Trois Arbres Cemetary, Steenwerck, France.

Sergeant Brooks was awarded the Military Medal (MM) during service, and was posthumously awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal. His name is included in the Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden, Co. Carlow.



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